MOVE member paroled, 2 remain jailed
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PHILADELPHIA— A defense attorney for three members of the group MOVE says he’s confused why one was paroled and two others were denied despite having similar records and recommendations for release from new Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office.
DebbieAfrica is the first ofthe so-called “MOVE 9” to bereleased on parole. Nine memberswere convicted of thirddegree murder after OfficerJames Ramp was killedduring a 1978 confrontationwith police attemptingto evict the group from itsheadquarters.
MOVE — an anti-establishment, back-to-nature group— clashed with police, culminating in the 1985 bombing of its west Philadelphia headquarters that killed 11 people and destroyed dozens of rowhomes.
West Point grad resigned
WATERTOWN,N.Y. — The images Spenser Rapone posted on Twitter from his West Point graduation were intentionally shocking: In one, the cadet opens his dress uniform to expose a T-shirt with a blood-red image of socialist icon Che Guevara. In another, he raises his fist and flips his cap to reveal the message: “Communism will win.”
Lessthan a year after Mr.Rapone’s images drew afirestorm of vitriol and evendeath threats, the secondlieutenant who became knownas the “commie cadet”had his resignation acceptedMonday by the U.S. Armywith an other-thanhonorabledischarge.
Uber’s electric car plan
AsUber tries to build its reputationas a good citizen, it’s unveiling a new plan: get its drivers to adopt electric vehicles instead of drivingcars that burn gasoline.
On Tuesday, the ridehailing giant announced a yearlong pilot program in which it will provide monetary subsidies to some drivers who use electric vehicles, or EVs; build features into its app that are specific to drivers who operate those vehicles; and partner with nonprofits and UC Davis researchers to identify ways Uber and policymakers can encourage and reward adoption of EVs.
The pilot program, called the EV Champions Initiative, starts Tuesday in seven cities: Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle, Austin and Montreal.
Location data security
Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile have pledged to stop providing information on U.S. phone owners’ locations to data brokers, stepping back from a business practice that has drawn criticism for endangering privacy.
Thedata has allowed outsidecompanies to pinpoint thelocation of wireless deviceswithout their owners’ knowledgeor consent. Verizonsaid that about 75 companieshave been obtaining its customerdata from two California-basedbrokers that Verizonsupplies directly — LocationSmartand Zumigo.None of the carriers saidthey are getting out of thebusiness of selling locationdata.